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EP 0 673 857 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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11.10.1995 Bulletin 1995/41 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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27.09.1995 Bulletin 1995/39 |
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Date of filing: 20.12.1991 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE DK FR GB IT SE |
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Priority: |
21.12.1990 US 632133
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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92903524.4 / 0562032 |
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Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
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St. Paul,
Minnesota 55133-3427 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Marecki, Paul A.
Saint Paul,
Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
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Representative: Bowman, Paul Alan et al |
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LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO.,
Commonwealth House,
1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB) |
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Remarks: |
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This application was filed on 01 - 05 - 1995 as a divisional application to the application
mentioned under INID code 60. |
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Device for delivering an aerosol |
(57) A device for delivering an aerosol comprising a sealed chamber for an aerosol formulation
comprising propellant having one or more static or dynamic seals, the sealed chamber
characterised in that one or more of said seals comprises a thermoplastic elastomer
comprising a copolymer of about 80 to about 95 mole percent ethylene and a total of
about 5 to about 20 mole percent of one or more comonomers selected from 1-butene,
1-hexene, and 1-octene.